A three-dimensional Navier–Stokes simulation has been performed for a realistic film-cooled turbine vane using the LeRC-HT code. The simulation includes the flow regions inside the coolant plena and film cooling holes in addition to the external flow. The vane is the subject of an upcoming NASA Lewis Research Center experiment and has both circular cross-sectional and shaped film cooling holes. This complex geometry is modeled using a multiblock grid, which accurately discretizes the actual vane geometry including shaped holes. The simulation matches operating conditions for the planned experiment and assumes periodicity in the spanwise direction on the scale of one pitch of the film cooling hole pattern. Two computations were performed for different isothermal wall temperatures, allowing independent determination of heat transfer coefficients and film effectiveness values. The results indicate separate localized regions of high heat flux in the showerhead region due to low film effectiveness and high heat transfer coefficient values, while the shaped holes provide a reduction in heat flux through both parameters. Hole exit data indicate rather simple skewed profiles for the round holes, but complex profiles for the shaped holes with mass fluxes skewed strongly toward their leading edges. [S0889-504X(00)02802-6]
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A Three-Dimensional Coupled Internal/External Simulation of a Film-Cooled Turbine Vane
James D. Heidmann,
James D. Heidmann
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135
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David L. Rigby,
David L. Rigby
Dynacs Engineering Co., Inc., Brookpark, OH 44142
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Ali A. Ameri
Ali A. Ameri
AYT Corporation, NASA Lewis Research Group, Cleveland, OH 44135
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James D. Heidmann
NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135
David L. Rigby
Dynacs Engineering Co., Inc., Brookpark, OH 44142
Ali A. Ameri
AYT Corporation, NASA Lewis Research Group, Cleveland, OH 44135
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute and presented at the 44th International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 7–10, 1999. Manuscript received by the International Gas Turbine Institute February 1999. Paper No. 99-GT-186. Review Chair: D. C. Wisler.
J. Turbomach. Apr 2000, 122(2): 348-359 (12 pages)
Published Online: February 1, 1999
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Heidmann, J. D., Rigby, D. L., and Ameri, A. A. (February 1, 1999). "A Three-Dimensional Coupled Internal/External Simulation of a Film-Cooled Turbine Vane ." ASME. J. Turbomach. April 2000; 122(2): 348–359. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.555450
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